Yep, that sounds sensible. I sometimes use consumer reports in my usual method for buying something in product class X. My usual is: 1) Check what’s recommended on forums/​subreddits who care about the quality of X. 2) Compare the rating distribution of an instance of X to other members of X. 3) Check high quality reviews. This either requires finding someone you trust to do this, or looking at things like consumer reports.
Yep, that sounds sensible. I sometimes use consumer reports in my usual method for buying something in product class X. My usual is:
1) Check what’s recommended on forums/​subreddits who care about the quality of X.
2) Compare the rating distribution of an instance of X to other members of X.
3) Check high quality reviews. This either requires finding someone you trust to do this, or looking at things like consumer reports.